Four teams made modifications to their front wing designs ahead of the recent Canadian grand prix. In the days after Monaco, we reported that the FIA was clamping down once again on the well-trodden area of so-called ‘flexi wings’ in formula one. Spain’s El Confidencial reported that a new 50 Newton-metre load test would be

Formula One governing body FIA’s time limit for the tender process closing on June 17, Michelin and current supplier Pirelli come out set to go head to head for the three-year deal from 2017. “Yes, we have entered. Michelin Motorsport director Pascal Couasnon confirms to Autosport. “The reasoning is we’ve been proposing ideas, talking about

The Woking based team has struggled to extract pace from its Honda powered MP4-30 this season, resulting in a solitary points finish from seven grands prix this year. Reliability has also been a concern for the former world champion outfit with both Alonso and team-mate Jenson Button already onto their fourth and final power units

Vettel tells Sport Bild magazine: “The best indicator is the spectators at the track, and we can see that the numbers are no longer as high as they were.” It is one reason the F1 drivers’ union GPDA, of which Vettel is a director, commissioned a global online survey, asking the fans what they think

The Australian struggled to bare his famous wide grin throughout the Montreal weekend as he was comprehensively out-performed by Red Bull teammate Daniil Kvyat. “I don’t know. It was my worst race,” said Ricciardo when asked by Auto Motor und Sport what happened. It was like two years ago when (Jean-Eric) Vergne was so much

Ferrari, Renault and McLaren’s power unit supplier Honda are all eager for the rules to be relaxed for next year to at least allow them the opportunity to make gains on all-conquering Mercedes. At present, after the FIA closed a loophole in the wording of the regulation, no in-season development of the power unit is

Arrivabene says he is not considering any other drivers at the moment, as he is sure any racer would jump at the chance of driving for Ferrari should he decide to replace Raikkonen. “I am concentrating on our two guys right now and I know very well that if needed you can have a driver

Starting from pole position, Hamilton swept across Rosberg’s bows to lead, with Raikkonen taking a sniff around the outside of Rosberg at Turn 2 but settling back into third ahead of Bottas and the Lotus of Romain Grosjean. Nico Hulkenberg nailed Pastor Maldonado for sixth with a great lunge around the outside of Turn 3.

A dejected looking Vettel stomps down the pit lane as he contemplates what proved to be a difficult Q1 session for the German. This is not the first time Felipe Massa has suffered no had maximum power in qualifying. The Brazilian had a fuel pressure problem that the team did not have time to fix

The reigning world champion clocked a 1m15.988s on the super-soft tyres, 0.316 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The session looked set to be a washout when predicted rain fell with 50 minutes remaining, but Mercedes decided to send Hamilton and team-mate Nico Rosberg out on intermediates. It proved to